Her past releases have received heavy radio support from BBC 6 Music’s Shaun Keaveny, Don Letts, Lauren Laverne, Nemone, and Radio X’s John Kennedy (including live sessions for BBC Introducing and Radio X). Press publications include Electronic Sounds Magazine feature as one of top 20 albums in 2018, and online features such as CLASH, Noisey, The Line of Best Fit, Hunger, and many others.
The second Album ‘It’s All In My Head’, is a full length self-produced album offering, where we see Ruby stepping away from sequencing drums and feature Yumi And a the Weather live drummer William Woodfine, Leon Holder (of Dirty White Fever), and session drummer and engineer Daniel Brooks.
Released via Ruby’s own MIOHMI RECORDS imprint on 23rd September 2022, the record is a collection of songs inspired by her personal experiences in mental health, relationships & loneliness, and demonstrates the turning of negative situations in to positive art.
Hustle
Yumi And The Weather Lyrics
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And the door knocks back
The joke never go no further than that
Fire goes back inside the match
Back down the stack
And we hustle and cuss
Lick on the dust
Lick on the dust
And we hustle and cuss
Hustle and cuss and lick on the dust
Hustle and cuss
Hustle and cuss and lick on the dust
Must you muscle and fuss?
You muscle and fuss
And lick on the dust
Hustle and cuss
Hustle and cuss and lick on the dust
When we were young
A different kind of fun
Playing in the mud
It meant something else
Now we hustle and cuss
Hustle and cuss
And we hustle and cuss
Hustle and cuss and lick on the dust
Hustle and cuss
Hustle and cuss and lick on the dust
Must we muscle and fuss?
You muscle and fuss
And lick on the dust
Hustle and cuss
Hustle and cuss and lick on the dust
You're easy to fool and easy to catch
And I don't know if I want you to
Match my bets
And we hustle and cuss
Lick on the dust
Hustle and cuss
Lick on the dust
And we hustle and cuss
Hustle and cuss and lick on the dust
Hustle and cuss
Hustle and cuss and lick on the dust
Must you muscle and fuss?
Hustle and cuss
Muscle and fuss
Muscle and fuss
And lick on the dust
The song "Hustle" by Yumi And The Weather is a song about the struggle to achieve success, and the sacrifices that come with it. The lyrics "knock on the door, and the door knocks back" suggest that the character in the song is facing resistance in their attempts to succeed. The line "fire goes back inside the match, back down the stack" could be interpreted as an illustration of the character's frustration - they may feel like they have the potential to succeed, but something is preventing them from igniting that potential.
The repeated phrase "hustle and cuss, lick on the dust" implies that the character is working hard to achieve their goals, but that they are also feeling a sense of defeat. The line "must you muscle and fuss?" could be interpreted as a plea for rest or a break from the struggle, but the character ultimately resigns themselves to the fact that they have to keep pushing. The lyrics "when we were young, a different kind of fun, playing in the mud, it meant something else" could be interpreted as a reflection on the innocence and simplicity of childhood, before the pressures of adulthood set in.
Overall, the song conveys a sense of frustration and exhaustion in the pursuit of success. While the character acknowledges the difficulty of the journey, they push themselves to keep going, even if it means "muscling and fussing" and "licking on the dust."
Line by Line Meaning
Knock on the door
Someone came knocking on the door
And the door knocks back
The door responds with a sound
The joke never go no further than that
Nothing more comes out of the situation
Fire goes back inside the match
Flame goes back to its original place
Back down the stack
Placed back onto the pile
And we hustle and cuss Lick on the dust Hustle and cuss Lick on the dust
We work and complain, and struggle through the hard times
Must you muscle and fuss? You muscle and fuss And lick on the dust
Do you really have to be so difficult? You just continue to struggle and suffer
When we were young A different kind of fun Playing in the mud It meant something else
In our childhood days, we had a different kind of enjoyment, innocence and fun
Now we hustle and cuss Hustle and cuss
As adults, our reality is different, we work hard and complain about our situation
You're easy to fool and easy to catch And I don't know if I want you to Match my bets
You seem gullible and vulnerable, but I am unsure if I want to take advantage of you or not
Hustle and cuss Muscle and fuss Muscle and fuss And lick on the dust
Keep working hard, complaining, and struggling through the difficult times
Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
Written by: JACK LAWRENCE
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@sophiemadsen3206
New Look, Grimes, and Little Dragon vibes! So good!! ❤
@abdiellasso
Recently found, great song great recommendation from Spotify
@qdelmoral666
Excellent tune I'm listening to it in loop 🙌⭐
@TitoPricus
Mesmerizing song
Love the whole album
Cheers from Spain
@limpicatto
Just found this and I'm playing it again and again.
@nelsonnavarrouk
Love it! The album launch was a vibe, can't wait to see you play live again!
@RM-np7qq
I work out to this!!
@robhardie6687
This is incredible. Would go soooo well on the Drive soundtrack if it was out back then too. Going to check out more of your stuff now 👍
@michalturek8251
Beautiful and ear-candy, i like this song a lot
@redplague
Heard this song for the first time yesterday and thought it was great, but it's been out for nearly a month and only a 1000 views. They need a better publicist.